self-consistent

American  

[self-kuhn-sis-tuhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf kənˈsɪs tənt, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. consistent with oneself or itself.

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Other Word Forms

• self-consistency noun
• self-consistently adverb

Etymology

Origin of self-consistent

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

With this definition, both laws of thermodynamics remain valid, showing that the framework is self-consistent.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

“A moon is the simplest, most elegant and self-consistent hypothesis—that’s why we favor it.”

From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2018

It is something like exploring a self-consistent field of mathematics, with its axioms and rules of logic that are not consistent with nature.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

But, most importantly, there’s no evidence to justify the leap from “something just passed through my peripheral vision” to a self-consistent and perpetuated belief in a being, myth, or religion.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2015

Not from the Absolute Volition, which is everywhere self-consistent; not from the Relative Volition, which is wholly contained within the Absolute.

From Mind and Motion and Monism by Romanes, George John